Student Showcase - April 18, 2026
Join us for Lunch: Lunch will be available in KING 136 at 12 Noon.
The table below is best viewed at horizontal orientation on your device.
| Session | Title | Student |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eyes on the Arctic: Vessel Identification Through Satellites & Automation | Caleb Martinez, Sydney Nevitt, Adam Rop, Austin Sullivan |
| 1 | Perserving the Gift: Validating Non-Destructive NIR Spectroscopy to Support Allograft Availability | Adam Truong, Lorenzo Gibbs |
| 1 | China's Dominance in the Critical Mineral Supply Chain: Strategic Implications for U.S. National Security | Quinn Clevenger, Harper Cox, Dylan Kinnear, Charles McClernon |
| 1 | AI for Geospatial Anomaly Detection in Earth Imagery | Dillon Dooley, Jamie Slater |
| 1 | Autonomous Pill Dispenser for the Blind & Visually Impaired | Alexander Rader |
| 1 | Encryption, Simplified: Making File Protection Accessible | Osiah Dosamantes |
| 1 | From Cooling Load to Useful Heat | Maddox Lewis |
| 1 | Turning Math into a Game: Improving Learning Through Interactive Design | Erin Adams, Saruul Purevdorj, Kiera Rose |
| 1 | Quantum Physics: VR Environment Simulation | Marcus Jordan |
| 1 | Step Inside the Model: The Visualization of Simulation Models in Immersive Environments | David Douglas, Sean Will |
| 1 | Using Machine Learning to Predict Harmful Algae Blooms | Zachary Sealfon |
| 1 | Wind Estimates Using Drones | James Garito, Colton Haney |
| 1 | Community-Scale Distributed Wind in Rural Virginia | Reese Frank, Kate McGeehan |
| 1 | Finding Their Range: White Oak Seedling Health Across Transfer Distances | Elliot Gettleman, Ezekial Mohr |
| 1 | Taking Back Hillandale Park | Daniela Diaz Cardosa, Aimee Ramsey, Mia Pretorius |
| 1 | Engineering Improvements for Boat Launch Sustainability and Accessibility at the JMU Farm | Ava Wilson, Wade Price |
| 1 | Aroma Gels: Manipulating Flavor Perception | Giancarlo Costanzo |
| 1 | Managing Overheating in 3D Printing | Kaitlyn Freeman, Joseph Gros, Lily Harman, Steven Hoppe, Oscar Amezquita-Pacas, Ryan Tuller |
| 1 | SpeechWiz: Beyond Traditional Speech Therapy | Zach Swinson |
| 1 | Leveraging Physiological Signals to Optimize Academic and Career Choices | Evan Cann, Jesse Cumbia, Jack Gibney, Carson Hunter, Abbigail Schnitz |
| 1 | Let Nature Eat Our Waste! How a Tiny Enzyme Can Help Tackle a Massive Problem | Thomson Meyre, Austin Sawyer, Ty West |
| 1 | ISAT Recruiter: A Conversational AI Chatbot for ISAT Recruiting and Information | Sophia Feldman |
| 1 | JobTracker: A Job Application Tracking System for Students | J. Altankhuyag, J. Duenas |
| 2 | Hybrid Power Applications for Reliability | Landry Burns, Noah Tashjian, Libby Van Meter, Garrett Wood |
| 2 | Improving Photovoltaic Efficience Through Cooling System | Lindsey Bickford |
| 2 | The Nuclear Option: Data Center and SMR Cooling | Cole Hervey, Melanie Wartluft |
| 2 | A Fitbit for Freshwater: Tracking the Health of Lakes | Adrian Calvert, Luke Denson |
| 2 | Beneath our Feet: Arsenic in the Shenandoah Valley | Maryam Almousa, Sarah Coleman |
| 2 | Tracing Human Fecal Contamination in Blacks Run | Gillian Honeycutt, Jade Rivera |
| 2 | Real Problems Do Not Have Majors: Breaking Educational Silos Through Interdisciplinary Learning | Abigail Gibson |
| 2 | Breathalyzer for the Eyes: Ending 3 Decades of Consistent Drug Driving Deaths | Ethan Johnson, Victor Escamilla |
| 2 | The Grid's Great Test: Can We Plug in a Nation? | Jahquil Batts |
| 2 | Biotechnology Applications for Medicinal Plant Conservation and Cultivation | Rachel Berson |
| 2 | From One Bug to an Invasion: The Spread of the Lanternfly | Luke Fromal, Marley Raybould, Jack Spasojevich, Issac Trewolde |
| 2 | Smarter Farms, Greener Fields? Modeling the AI Tradeoffs in U.S. Specialty Crops | Dylan Hamm |
| 2 | Mapping the Past to Protect the Future: Mapping Culturally Important Tree Species with TEK & Spatial Analysis | Emily Hernandez |
| 2 | JMU DukeSAT: Enhancing Small Satellite Networking | Austin Purcell, Casey Gravett, Grace Wisler, Jefferson Uzzle, JT Couch, Sam Rickwalder, Sydney Schneider |
| 2 | Video Game Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VR-VRT) | Catherine Nguyen, Neil Dize, Ronin Connelly |
| 2 | Filter for the Flock: Evaluating Biochar as an Ammonia Mitigation Strategy in Commercial Poultry Houses | Rylie Kijak, Kevin Van Besien, Tennam Thokney, Tiffany Nguyen |
| 2 | Twice as Nice: Crafting An Ideal Solar Scenario with Agrivoltaics | Oleander Fortin-Black |
| 2 | Whose Voice Counts in Harrisonburg Decision-Making? | Tadhg Leahy |
| 2 | Interactive Pop-Up Experience Exploring Socio-Technical Phenomena | Honor Chandler |
| 2 | Talk to the Model: Conversational Simulations using AI | Lam Dao |
| 2 | Simulating Immune-Metabolic Interactions | Sahund Aga, Joshua Merendino, Khoi Nguyen |
| 2 | Quality Improvement for 3D Filament Extrusion from Recycled Plastics | Alton Harris, Cooper Zimmerman, Jack Albrecht |
| 2 | Persistent Threat Detection in Industrial Control Systems for Manufacturing Environment | Aidan McDonald, Reese Turley |

